Last weekend, 115 of the best Magic players from across South America met in Santiago, Chile for the South America Magic Series Regional Championship. Four invites to Pro Tour: Lord of the Rings were on the line, as well as a seat at the World Championship. After seven rounds of Pioneer followed by the Top 8, Martin Dominguez of Argentina emerged victorious. Congratulations to Martin Dominguez, South America’s Regional Champion!
Dominguez’s journey to the trophy began when he qualified for the Regional Championship via an RCQ at Magic Dealers, but the upcoming Pro Tour won’t be his first. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Dominguez was on a roll, qualifying for four out of five Pro Tours.
Dominguez defeated Arena Championship III winner Matias Leveratto, also from Argentina, in the finals. This was Dominguez’s first Top 4 at a Regional Championship, while Leveratto placed third at the first South America Magic Series last December.
Both players were on Rakdos Sacrifice, the most popular deck choice of the weekend. Dominguez’s star card of the weekend was
THE TOP 8 & THE PRO TOUR
Congratulations to the Top 8 of the South America Magic Series Regional Championship! It was a powerhouse Top 8 that included Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan champion Luis Salvatto in addition to Arena Championship III winner Leveratto.
These players piloted six different archetypes in the Top 8. In addition to Rakdos Sacrifice, which appeared in the Top 8 three times, there were reappearing Pioneer staples like Azorius Control, Enigmatic Fires, and Izzet Creativity and a few surprising additions like Dimir Control and Five-Color Elementals.
With four Pro Tour invites on the line, it was a tense quarterfinals. Congratulations to the Top 4 players at the South America Magic Series Regional Championship, who earned invites to the Pro Tour!
You can see the decklists they used to secure their seat below:
THE METAGAME
Rakdos accounted for the two most popular decks in the Pioneer metagame at last weekend’s Regional Championship, with Rakdos Sacrifice and Rakdos Midrange being equally represented at the top of the field. Mono-Green Devotion, one of the most popular decks in the first cycle of Regional Championships last fall, continues to bounce back after losing ground.
It was a great weekend full of terrific and hard-fought matches in Santiago, and we can’t wait to see how these players fare at the Pro Tour in Barcelona! Congratulations again to Martin Dominguez, and to South America on another great Regional Championship.
Find out more about how you can qualify for the Regional Championship and the Pro Tour by visiting here and finding out more from your regional organizer!